Assistant Accountant

📍 Southport | Full-time/Permenant | Hybrid working

Accountable Recruitment are partnering with a large, well-established organisation to recruit a commercially focused Assistant Accountant to join their team.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a forward-thinking business in a highly visible role, where you will work closely with stakeholders and senior leadership to deliver meaningful financial insight and support key decision-making.

The Role

As Assistant Accountant, you will play a key part in driving financial performance, ensuring accurate reporting, and identifying opportunities to improve profitability and efficiency across the business.

Key responsibilities include:

• Preparing and posting month-end journals, including accruals and prepayments
• Analysing financial performance, providing insight, challenge, and recommendations
• Completing balance sheet reconciliations, explaining variances and risks
• Supporting budgeting and forecasting processes
• Partnering with stakeholders to understand cost drivers and business performance
• Identifying opportunities to improve reporting, controls, and efficiency

The Ideal Candidate

• Previous experience in a fast-paced finance environment
• Strong attention to detail and high levels of accuracy
• Confident communicator with the ability to influence stakeholders
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities
• Strong Excel and general IT skills
• Motivated to develop within finance (study support available)
• A proactive and commercially minded approach

Benefits

• Competitive salary package
• 25 days holiday
• Pension scheme
• Healthcare cash plan
• Flexible benefits
• Employee discount schemes
• Study support